List of the Cenozoic life of Virginia

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This list of the Cenozoic life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

A

– or unidentified comparable form
  • Actitis macularia
  • Adeorbis
  • Aegolius
    • Aegolius acadicus
  • Aequipecten
  • Aetobatus
  • Aetomylaeus
  • Agelaius
    • Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene baleen whale Aglaocetus
    Aglaocetus
    • Aglaocetus patulus
      – type locality for species
  • Aglyptorhynchus
  • Albula
  • Alca
    • Alca torda
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Alces
    – or unidentified comparable form
    • Alces alces
  • Aligena
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene pig-nosed turtle Allaeochelys
    Allaeochelys
  • Alnus
  • Alopecias
  • Alopias
  • Aluterus
  • Ambystoma
  • Amia
  • Amiantis – tentative report
  • Ammonia
  • Amonia
  • Ampelopsis
  • Assemblage of fossilized skeletons of the softshell turtle Amyda
    Amyda – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anachis
  • Anadara
  • Anapteris
  • Anas
    • Anas crecca
    • Anas discors
    • Anas platyrhynchos
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Anguilla
  • Anguispira
  • Angulus
  • Anisodonta – tentative report
  • Anomia
  • Anomotodon
  • Anoxypristis
  • Anthus
    – or unidentified comparable form
    • Anthus spinoletta
  • Aporrhais
  • Araloselachus
  • Arbacia
  • Archaeohippus
  • Archaeomanta
  • Architectonica
  • Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
    Arctodus
  • Argobuccinum
  • Argopecten
  • Arius – tentative report
  • Arossia
  • Ashleychelys
  • Asio
    • Asio flammeus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Aspideretoides
  • Astarte
  • Astrangia
    • Astrangia danae
  • Astroscopus
  • Astyris
  • Multiple views of a fossilized shell of the volute sea snail Athleta
    Athleta
  • Atractodon
  • B

    C

    D

    E

    – type locality for genus
    • Eobalaenoptera harrisoni
      – type locality for species
  • Eontia
  • Eopleurotoma – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eosphargis
  • Eosuchus
    • Eosuchus lerichei
    • Eosuchus minor
  • Epitonium
  • Eptesicus
    • Eptesicus fuscus
  • Equus
  • Eremophila
    • Eremophila alpestris
  • Erethizon
    • Erethizon dorsatum
  • Erolia
  • Erycinella
  • Eschrichtius
  • Esox
    • Esox americanus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Esthonyx – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eucrassatella
  • Eulima
  • Euloxa
  • Eumeces
    • Eumeces laticeps
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Eupleura
  • Life restoration of the Miocene whale Eurhinodelphis (above)
    Eurhinodelphis
    • Eurhinodelphis longirostris
  • Euspira
  • Eutamias
    • Eutamias minimus
  • Euvola
  • F

    G

  • Galeodea
  • Galeorhinus
  • Galerita
  • Gallinula
    • Gallinula chloropus
  • Gari
  • Gastrochaena
  • Gastrocopta
  • Gavia
  • Fossilized skull of the Miocene crocodile relative Gavialosuchus
    Gavialosuchus
  • Gemma
  • Genota – or unidentified comparable form
  • Geomys
  • Geukensia
  • Gibbula – tentative report
  • A living Ginglymostoma nurse shark
    Ginglymostoma
  • Glaphyrocysta
  • Glaucomys
    • Glaucomys sabrinus
  • Globigerina
  • Globoquadrina
  • Globulina
  • Glossus
  • Glottidia
  • Fossilized shell of a Glycymeris, or bittersweet clam
    Glycymeris
  • Goniothecium
  • Gouldia
  • Granulina
  • Grus
    • Grus americana
  • Gryphaeostrea
  • H

    I

    J

    K

    L

    • Lagopus mutus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lamna
  • Lampropeltis
  • Larus
    • Larus hyperboreus
  • Lasiurus
    • Lasiurus borealis
  • Latirus
  • Lepisosteus
  • Leptomactra
  • Leptophoca
  • Leptoxis
  • Lepus
    • Lepus americanus
  • Levifusus
  • Libinia
  • Limosa
    – or unidentified comparable form
  • Linga
    • Linga amiantus
  • Lingulodinium
    • Lingulodinium machaerophorum
  • Lirodiscus
  • Lirofusus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lirophora
  • Lirosoma
  • Litiopa
  • Littoraria
  • Lontra
    • Lontra canadensis
  • Lophius
  • Lophocysta – tentative report
  • Lophodytes
    • Lophodytes cucullatus
  • Lopholatilus
  • Loxia
  • Lucina
  • Lucinisca
  • Lucinoma
  • Lunatia
  • Lutianus
  • Lydiphnis
  • Lymnaea
  • Lynx
    • Lynx rufus
      – or unidentified comparable form
  • Lyonsia
  • M

    N

  • Noturus
  • Nucula
  • Nuculana
  • Nyssa
  • O

    P

  • Plecotus
  • Pleiorytis
  • Pleuromeris
  • Plicatula
  • Pluvialis
  • Podiceps
  • Podilymbus
  • Pogonias
  • Polinices
  • Polydora
  • Polygonum
  • Pomatiopsis
  • Pooecetes
  • Poroeponides
  • Porzana
  • Potamogeton
  • Premontria
  • Prionodon
  • Prionotus
  • Priscoficus
  • Pristis
  • Procamelus – or unidentified comparable form
  • Procolpochelys
  • Procyon
  • Prolates
  • Pronum
  • Propristis
  • Prosthennops – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature
  • Protautoga
  • Protelphidium
  • Prunum
  • Psammechinus
  • Hypothetical restoration of the Oligocene-Pliocene sea turtle Psephophorus
    Psephophorus
  • Pseudochama
  • Pseudoliva
  • Pseudopolymorphina
  • Pseudotorinia
  • Pteria
  • Pteromeris
  • Pteromylaeus
  • Ptychosalpinx
  • Pulvinites
  • Puppigerus
  • Pycnodonte
  • Fossilized skeleton of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene bony fish Pycnodus
    Pycnodus
  • Pyropsis
  • Q

    R

    S

    T

    U

    V

    W

    X

    Y

    Z

    Notes

    References

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